Month: July 2008

Hi rates of E-talking/ Si alzano i livelli di e-talking

(EN) Some weeks ago World Health Organization has published a new report titled: “Global alcohol, Tobacco, Cannabis, and Cocaine Use” showing not only that USA and New Zealand love cannabis, but that 16% of americans use cocaine and “stringent user-level illegal drug policies did not have lower levels of use than countries with more liberal ones”. The study describes data coming from 17 countries and other interesting foundings are: USA has the highest level of legal and illegal drugs Higher income is related to drug use of all kinds Marital status is found to be linked to illegal drugs Cocaine and cannabis are more likely used by people never married or previously married Men use more drugs than women This survey remind me that E-Talking video that i chose for this post, by the belgian Soulwax, is still a precious resource 😉 ———— (IT) Qualche settimana fa l’Organizzazione mondiale della Sanità ha pubblicato una ricerca intitolata “Global alcohol, Tobacco, Cannabis,

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350ppm, 90 seconds, zero words/ 350ppm, 90 secondi, zero parole

(EN) Since the pre-Industrial Revolution concentration of carbon (Co2) in the atmosphere was roughly 275 ppm (parts per million). Carbon dioxide, mostly from burning of coal, gasoline and other fossil fuels, traps heat that otherwise would radiate into space. To decelerate Global Warming, CO2 will need to be reduced from its current 385 ppm to at most 350 ppm. 350 is the magic number, the safety line. The United Nations is working on a treaty, which is supposed to be completed in December of 2009 at a conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. But the current plans for the treaty are much too weak to get us back to safety. America has been producing more co2 than any other country, and leads the industrialized world in per capita emissions. Even though China now, for the first time last year, produces more co2 annually, the US still produces many times more carbon per person than China, India, and most other countries. And America

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We are what we spend/Siamo quello che consumiamo

(EN) The New York Times often attaches good infographics to its articles. This time is about consumption and the speed of goods’ spread. ______________________ (IT) Il New York Times spesso allega ai propri articoli delle infografiche che raccontano in un’immagine le conclusioni dell’articolo e ci fanno andare oltre, permettendoci di tirare le nostre. In questo caso analizzano i consumi degli americani sulla base del reddito e li confrontano con la velocità con cui i beni di consumo si sono diffusi nella popolazione dai primi del ‘900 ai giorni nostri.